Skylight shade

In combination with a roof window having an upper edge and a lower edge, a shade assembly comprising:

• a flexible shade having a Pair of opposite ends;
• a rotatable shaft attached to one of the shade ends;
• a mount rotatable supporting the shaft at the lower window edge;
• winding means attached to the shaft and to the other of the shade ends for winding the shade around the shaft in an open position of the assembly and for unwinding the shade from the shaft and pulling it up along the window until the other shade end is at the upper edge in a closed position of the assembly;
• a U-shaped channel forming a rain gutter fixed at the lower window edge, the mount and shaft being completely concealed in the gutter;
• a stiff bar extending along the one shade end;
• rollers on ends of the bar riding in the guides and attached to the cables;
• spring means attached to the cables for maintaining same under tension;
• said spring means including:
• a respective fixed end member in each rail at the upper end and carrying at least one wheel over which the respective cable passes, a respective movable end member longitudinally displaceable in each rail and carrying at least one wheel over which the respective cable passes, and
• a respective longitudinally extensible spring element in each rail braced against the respective movable end member and urging same away from the respective fixed end member.

In combination with a roof window having an upper edge and a lower edge, a shade assembly comprising:

• a flexible shade having a pair of opposite ends;
• a rotatable shaft attached to one of the shade ends;
• a mount rotatable supporting the shaft at the lower window edge;
• winding means attached to the shaft and to the other of the shade ends for winding the shade around the shaft in an open position of the assembly and for unwinding the shade from the shaft and pulling it up along the window until the other shade end is at the upper edge in a closed position of the assembly;
• a U-shaped channel forming a rain gutter fixed at the lower window edge, the mount and shaft being completely concealed in the gutter;
• a stiff bar extending along the one shade end;
• rollers on ends of the bar riding in the guides and attached to the cables;
• spring means attached to the cables for maintaining same under tension, the spring means is mounted on the bar.